Sunday August 02, 2015

While it may not be practical, charging your smartphone or other portable device with solar panels is certainly a novel idea. These paper-thin panels can actually be joined together to generate more power.

A single panel can generate about 2.5 watts of electricity, and "you can connect more panels with magnets for more power." In sunny weather, two joined panels "can fully juice an iPhone 6 in about two and a half hours."